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One Stand-Alone Statistic….maybe I'm the only one that just hasn't noticed this stunner already:

2010-2011 SEASON
Total Number of LAL Starting Lineups: 2

Several things make this stunning number:

Injuries + Age....

In the NBA, Statistically speaking, Advanced Age & More Injury Time generally, go hand-in...and result in increased time spent off the court for older players.

NBA Player Between 30-35 Yrs Old*

Gms lost to Injury: -4.4 Gm/Yr from Pre-30 Yrs
Min/Gm lost: -4.76 Min/Gm overall (nearly identical ratio)

Statistically, when NBA Player is Over 35:
(LAL Starter Derek Fisher is 36)

These numbers drop off the table

• -17.6 Games/Season
• -8.2 Min/Game

(Shaq Personally throws this one a bit)  

Therefore, during these 34 Gms  when 
Odom was inserted for Injured Bynum...

ALL LAL STARTERS WERE 30+ YRS OLD

• 36 DEREK FISHER
• 32 KOBE BRYANT
• 31 LAMAR ODOM
• 31 RON ARTEST
• 30 PAO GASOL

LAL STARTERS AVG AGE IN THESE 34 GMS: 

• 32 YRS OLD

NEXT closest Playoff Tm w/Fewest Starting Line-ups?

San Antonio

• 7 Different Starting Line-ups 
• 29.2 YRS OLD (Avg Age of SAS Starter)

SAS Post, D Blair (Age 21) skews median

SAS STARTED 3 of 5 Players in 30's

• 34 TIM DUNCAN
• 33 MANU GINOBILI
• 30 RICHARD JEFFERSON
• 28 TONY PARKER
• 21 DeJUAN BLAIR

Obviously, Blockbuster Trades skew these numbers greatly

'Captain Obvious' Point to deduce here:
TMS W/FEW LINEUP CHANGES - USUALLY - PROPORTIONALLY - SUCCESSFUL.

BURNING QUESTIONS
I.  HOW DID THESE TWO CRUSTY TMS STAY THAT HEALTHY & CONSISTENT?

II.  w/ all this consistency,
HOW DID DEFENDING CHAMPS
FINISH SECOND in WEST?

[cc: Basketball-Reference.com | 12 Years: 1998/1999-Pres]

Got some theories...
Yet I'll let this simmer here for ANY potential interest

HERE'S THE LIST - FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
& LAL's LINE-UPS FOLLOWING IT ALL

• LA LAKERS 2
• SAN ANTONIO 7
• CHICAGO 8
• OKLAHOMA CITY 9
• PHILADELPHIA 9
• PORTLAND 10
• BOSTON 11
• MEMPHIS 11
• NEW ORLEANS 13
• INDIANA 13
• MIAMI 13
• ORLANDO 14
• ATLANTA 16
• NEW YORK 16
• DENVER 18
• DALLAS 22

LAL 2010-2011 STARTING LINEUPS 

1 Tue, Oct 26, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

2 Fri, Oct 29, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

3 Sun, Oct 31, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

4 Tue, Nov 2, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

5 Wed, Nov 3, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

6 Fri, Nov 5, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

7 Sun, Nov 7, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

8 Tue, Nov 9, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

9 Thu, Nov 11, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

10 Sun, Nov 14, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

11 Tue, Nov 16, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

12 Wed, Nov 17, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

13 Fri, Nov 19, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

14 Sun, Nov 21, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

15 Tue, Nov 23, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

16 Fri, Nov 26, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

17 Sun, Nov 28, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

18 Tue, Nov 30, 201
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

19 Wed, Dec 1, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

20 Fri, Dec 3, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

21 Tue, Dec 7, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

22 Wed, Dec 8, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

23 Fri, Dec 10, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

24 Sun, Dec 12, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

25 Tue, Dec 14, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

26 Wed, Dec 15, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

27 Fri, Dec 17, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

28 Sun, Dec 19, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

29 Tue, Dec 21, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

30 Sat, Dec 25, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

31 Tue, Dec 28, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

32 Wed, Dec 29, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

33 Fri, Dec 31, 2010
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

34 Sun, Jan 2, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

35 Tue, Jan 4, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

36 Wed, Jan 5, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

37 Fri, Jan 7, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

38 Sun, Jan 9, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

39 Tue, Jan 11, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

40 Wed, Jan 12, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

41 Fri, Jan 14, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

42 Sun, Jan 16, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

43 Mon, Jan 17, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

44 Wed, Jan 19, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

45 Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

46 Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

47 Fri, Jan 28, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

48 Sun, Jan 30, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

49 Tue, Feb 1, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

50 Thu, Feb 3, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

51 Sat, Feb 5, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

52 Mon, Feb 7, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

53 Thu, Feb 10, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

54 Fri, Feb 11, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

55 Sun, Feb 13, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

56 Mon, Feb 14, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

57 Wed, Feb 16, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

58 Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

59 Wed, Feb 23, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

60 Fri, Feb 25, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

61 Sun, Feb 27, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

62 Tue, Mar 1, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

63 Fri, Mar 4, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

64 Sun, Mar 6, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

65 Tue, Mar 8, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

66 Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

67 Sat, Mar 12, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

68 Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

69 Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

70 Sun, Mar 20, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

71 Tue, Mar 22, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol ODOM

72 Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

73 Sun, Mar 27, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

74 Thu, Mar 31, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

75 Fri, Apr 1, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

76 Sun, Apr 3, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

77 Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

78 Wed, Apr 6, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

79 Fri, Apr 8, 2011
Fisher Bryant Artest Gasol BYNUM

Portland was out in front of Gms Lost to Injury,
as we could have guessed….we will compile those numbers

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